December 3, 2011

"When Dylan asked what his favorite song was, Jobs said 'One Too Many Mornings.' So Dylan sang it that night. After the concert, as Jobs was walking out the back, the tour bus came by and screeched to a stop. The door flipped open. 'So, did you hear my song I sang for you?' Dylan rasped. Then he drove off."

I would have asked Dylan to do his cover song of Guns N' Roses' "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". It's even better than his cover of that Hendrix song. He really has a talent for reinterpreting the work of others.

"For some reason I wanted to call bullshit on this whole "scene."... I just don't believe Steve Jobs was coincidentally walking out the back end of a concert hall just as Bob Dylan's band bus was pulling away."

Ha ha. I agree! Made me think of:

But the funniest thing wasWhen I was leavin’ the bayI saw three ships a-sailin’They were all heading my wayI asked the captain what his name wasAnd how come he didn’t drive a truckHe said his name was ColumbusI just said, “Good luck”

I am not an Apple fan. The only 2 Apple products I ever owned (gifts) I gave away after a couple weeks. I-Tunes once infested my laptop so badly I had to reinstall Windows.

Nor was I ever much of a Steven Jobs fan. He always seemed something of an asshole.

Something you said about the bio when it came out piqued my interest and I downloaded the sample to my Kindle. Read the sample, paused long enough to buy and download the full book and just kept going for 5-6 chapters without a break. Finished it in 3 days.

It is one of the most interesting bios I've ever read.

I think I understand why so many people love Apple with a cult like devotion.

I said Steve Jobs was an asshole? That is quite an understatement. He was a world class mega asshole.

On the other hand, his famed reality distortion field came through the book. I kept finding myself thinking "Maybe I should buy an Apple Pad or computer. Maybe I should give I-Tunes another try..."

He certainly was a genius. He certainly was an interesting fellow.

He was, in large part, responsible for the mega success of 3 companies Apple phase I, Pixar and Apple Phase II.

I remember back in 65 or so reading someone (Kesey perhaps?) saying something like "Dylan is either the greatest artist or the greatest put-on of the century." They were unwilling to offer a judgement as to which.

I was a fan of Dylan in 63 when his first album came out. Still have a bunch of his albums. Don't listen much anymore.